Jenny Zhang Quotes

When I was a graduate student at the Iowa Writers' Workshop for fiction writing, I felt both coveted and hated. My white classmates never failed to remind me that I was more fortunate than they were at this particular juncture in American literature.

Jenny Zhang

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: chinese
  • Birth: June 22, 1987

Topics

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Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.

Jenny Shipley

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The free way of life proposes ends, but it does not prescribe means.

Robert Kennedy

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The things you're closest to are often the things you know least about.

Matthew Desmond

YouKnowThingsAboutLeastOften

Every bit of knowledge we have demonstrates that there is a complete correlation between playing sports and success and potential for success. Playing sports is good for you physically, mentally, spiritually, psychologically.

John Skipper

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Evil can be a teacher, if you look at the wisdom of its negative power.

Tom Brown, Jr.

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I never watched much TV at home - it just wasn't part of our home culture.

Roger Ross Williams

HomeCultureNeverJustOurMuch

The word 'happiness' always bothered me, partly because it was scientifically unwieldy and meant a lot of different things to different people, and also because it's subjective.

Martin Seligman

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It's always nice to be thought of.

Martina McBride

ThoughtNiceAlways

It's funny, you know, growing up, you are always introduced to people as your uncle this or your aunt that or your cousin this. By the time I was in my 20s, I had no idea who I actually was or wasn't related to. It's kind of a running joke in the family.

Johnny Iuzzini

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Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot.

Debbie Allen

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My beauty tricks revolve around eyes. For the early morning shoots, I pop eye pads in the freezer the night before, and when I take them out in the morning they are already cold and active and are great under my eyes. I keep my eye pads right next to my red velvet Ben & Jerry's in the freezer.

Chrissy Teigen

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My mother was the love of my life.

Colman Domingo

LifeLoveMotherMy Life

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